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Ever since I’ve read this story I have visions of lots of Iranians sat in Qom and Tehran looking at Scottish subsamples to spin the as evidence of the end of the Union. Was the Supreme Leader simultaneously issuing fatwas about Twelver Shi’ism and Scottish independence? I also have visions of the Iranian trolls utterly befuddled by the scandal involving the motorhome that engulfed Nicola Sturgeon and her husband. It is clear enemies of the United Kingdom are using social…

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What a time to be alive with a POTUS dropping the F bomb so publicly. I feel sorry for geopolitical/foreign policy analysts who have to predict the world with Trump as POTUS. I expect there will be consequences for Bibi and Israel from Trump and the GOP. TSE

Blessed are the peacemakers, for they shall be called sons of God, hopefully this ceasefire holds. TSE

The only saving grace I can see for Starmer is that the Labour Party aren’t as pro-regicide as the Tories which gives him over four years to turn things around. TSE

Smarkets have some very low liquidity markets on who will be Tory leader at the next general election but it chimes in with markets where punters think Kemi Badenoch is doomed where it is believed that senior members of Hezbollah and the IRFC have longer career prospects that Kemi Badenoch. I cannot see any value here, if it wasn’t for the time value of money backing Boris Johnson to not be Tory leader at the next election would be the…

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I suspect it will be some time if the attack has sufficiently degraded Iran’s nuclear ambitions but I do expect a response from Iran. Trump may have done Starmer a favour based on the second tweet. TSE

This is the third in a series looking at the challenges and opportunities for the 7 main Great Britain parties. Today we will look at the emergence of Reform UK. Breadth vs depth It is worth comparing Reform with the LDs, as the two sharply contrast. Reform got a slightly higher share of the vote in 2024, but the LDs got many more seats. To understand why, we need to look at the distribution of votes for each party. Vote…

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The heat has addled my brain today so please enjoy this shaggy dog story from Spain in lieu of a regular thread. TSE